Dirigible headlight



April 26, 1932. $wEN$QN 1,855,654

DIRIGI BLE HEADLIGHT Filed July 30, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor Aitorney lH l r--f April 26, 1932. E sw so 1,855,654

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT Filed July 30, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2'"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII lnvenlor By @mm A ltorncy Patented Apr. 26,1932 UNITED STATES LYSLE E. SWENSON, 01ismnx my, UT H};

DIRIGIBLE Harman:

Application filed July so;

ga'nization of appropriately selected details wherein the centralizeddirigible headlight is movable on a vertical axis and designed to swingthrough a path or are consistent'with the motion of the front wheels,whereby to permit the beam of light to follow the motion of said wheelswhen making turns andtraversing irregular highways, in such a manner asto promote safe driving;

The explicit elements and their particular arrangements and associationwill become more readily apparent from the following description anddrawings. v

In the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals are employed todesignate like parts of the same:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of a vehicle chassisshowing the supplementary dirigible headlight associated therewith asdeveloped in accordance with the present inventive conception.

Figure 2 is a side view of the structure shown in Figure 1. V i V Figure3 is a view in section and elevation the section being approximately onthe'plane of the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4L is a section on the line H of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail section on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a cross section on the line6-6 of Figure l.

A. Figure 7 is a perspective view of a connecting link constituting apart of the operating means. I I g In Figure 2, the numeral 8 designatesa part of the frame, and 9 a front braceibar.

In addition, the numeral 10 represents the through a portion of theoperating means,

' the headlamp 15.

the line of travel ofthe front wheels through 1930;? Serial ira lv'ima.I

pitman or' rocker arm of the steering gear.

These-parts areconventional. M

The headlight is adjustablyi supported,

preferably on the center of the rod 9' and is here shown as: embodying Ibox like' ca'sing l1. This casing has an interiral vertical bearing 12receivingthe spindlel iip This spindleoraxle 18 isprovided on, its upperend with a horizontal carrier arm 1e from which the tiltable headlight15 is suspended. i765 There is an operating arm 16 attached to the lowerend of theaxle 13 and this is moved in a limited are through the mediumof the operating connection between this arm and the pitman 10. 7 g 65The numeral 17 designates generally a flexible shaft comprising abendable housing 18 of tubular form and an internal wire 19 of requisiteflexibility. The forward end of this wire is secured by a fastener 20 tothe 770 1 7 arm. 1 The numeral 21 designates a sleeve secured by abracket to theframe of the car. This sleeve receives the slidable rod 22which 7 is attached to the rear end of the wire 19.

The rear end of the rod22 is slidable in 75 a tubular guide 23 fixedlymounted on the frame. A clamp 24:is adjustably fastened on theintermediate part of the rod and this constitutes a connector for theoperating link 25. The link 25 extends 'rearwardly and so downwardly andis attached by an adjustable clamp 26 to the rocker arm or pitman 10.

It follows that as the part 10 is actuated through the medium of thesteering wheel (not shown), the rod 22 and its companion wire l9 move asa unit in a reciprocatory manner so as to impart swinging motion toThus, the lamp follows rangement of details coming within the field ofinvention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice if desired.

I claim In combination with a motor .vehicle and a head lamp located atthe front thereof, a casing attachedto a front part of the 'vehicle andhaving a vertically arranged tubular-bearing on the inner face of thefront wall, the bore ofwhichopens out through I the top of the casing,with the lower end of the bearingterminating'short of the bottomr 3 ofthe casing, a shaft rotatably supported in r said bearing, and havingits ends projecting therefrom, an arm-connected to the upper end oftheshaft and'located exteriorly of the casing means for attaching thelamp to the free end of. said arm, an arm connected .to the lower end ofthe shaft and located in the casing, and operating'means connected .Intestimony,

with the latter arm for swinging the lamp in an arc of a circle.

whereof'I affix my signature.

LYSLE E. SWENSON.

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